snappish

Example Sentences

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Sometimes he was snappish, and sometimes just whiny, but always bristling.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2024

Lulu has been traumatized by her experiences on the front lines and is skittish and snappish.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 2022

Ramona’s claustrophobic hours in the company of her snappish father as he tries to quit smoking are as intimate and unsettling as a John Cassavetes movie.

From Washington Post • Mar. 27, 2021

Mr. Pryce pours himself into every cranny of his character’s contradictions: sometimes snappish, sometimes pathetic, always transparent.

From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2019

Over the course of dinner I notice that she can be snappish and short-tempered, and she likes to be the boss.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline